Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around there's a little bit of everything (but a little more wrestling than usual as WrestleMania is coming soon.

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THE CHAMP IS HERE ...
The Card: John Cena 2005 Topps Heritage WWE autograph
The Price: A lot less than others out there ... whew.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I picked this one up sometime last year when I couldn't find a lot of key WWE wax and it's definitely a solid grab and hold for the long term if you ask me. Why? Well my price was a lot cheaper than other copies of this card back then so that helped me finally pull the trigger and grab one ... and it seems that notable debut cards and first autos for a lot of wrestlers are really picking up steam of late (mostly on the guys' side as they were arguably undervalued). This is Cena's first certified auto and also from the first year of Topps' current run of WWE cardboard ... a release where ink wasn't even in every hobby box and those boxes are seemingly long, long gone in unopened form. He's been a signing machine over the years, so he's not necessarily a tough auto -- but many of those autos are on stickers and his sig has definitely devolved into more of a symbol to help him sign a ton of stuff in less time than it took for him to do these. You can see a "Joh CnA" here which is more than normal these days, though he's not signing much now. His only autos that I have seen of late are in Transcendent releases and that means he's not had traditional in-pack ink since 2018. Love 'em or hate 'em, he's been an iconic star for years now but his ring days are definitely winding down, so another thought here ... we'll see him in the next Suicide Squad movie soon. His ink makes sense to go the route of Rock, Austin and others ... though he's got a ton more out there than they do. It all starts with this card.
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It's a triple-autograph 1/1 creation signed by three of the biggest stars in baseball today because they all homered for the same team last night.

And, Buzz could be wrong, but its price tag sets a new Topps Now price record.

The cost? A cool $9,999.99. It's still up for grabs as I type but who knows how long it might last as other versions are already long gone off of Topps' real-time cardboard platform.

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Dodger Blue is just one of the parallel colors for Manny Machado's first baseball cards as a member of his new team and almost all of his cards will come with blue-ink autographs, too.

Thanks to Topps Now.

Topps revealed the rainbow of six autos atop Machado's standard card as part of a huge 13-card day as the company's real-time baseball card program returns from the All-Star Break.

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As the clock counts down to the MLB All-Star break, the countdown clock ticks for a number of Topps Now All-Star offerings, too.

They come with and without autographs on the set side and they come with a bonus offer for the set for those in the MLB All-Star Home Run Derby -- and they're all available now for a limited time initially only via Topps.com.

There are eight set options for the MLB All-Star Game's participants alone with a nine-card American League set, an eight-card National League set, a 25-card NL reserves set and a 24-card AL reserves set. The starters are $29.99 a pop, while the reserves are $59.99. There are autographed versions of all sets (one auto per set) with prices from $99.99 to $199.99 due to the rosters of guaranteed signers seeded into them.

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The annual All-Star snub hot takes are blazing after the MLB All-Star teams were announced on Sunday night and there's one guy who's having a break-out year and didn't make the cut.

But, don't worry, he's used to that on cardboard, too. His name? Max Muncy.

The 27-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder has hit 20 homers in 67 games so far this season, which is his third in the bigs. He's an unlikely slugger as he had five homers for his career entering this year. Last summer? He was in Oklahoma City all season after being released by the Oakland A's -- and even that time as a Dodger down in the Bible Belt didn't appear to be a given at one point.

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A called shot leads to a baseball card.

That's exactly what has happened -- in the same day -- in the case of Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies after his walk-off home run in the 11th inning of yesterday's game at SunTrust Park -- a longball that actually ended the game early this morning.

"It's time to go long now," he said to a teammate before he did just that.

Earlier today, Topps revealed the Topps Now card to document it all, complete with autographs to come for those who take the plunge with the celebration-focused card that has photos on the front and back and will only be available for 24 hours.

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Baseball's newest rookie made his debut on Wednesday, hit his first home run today and has a Topps Now card -- with autograph -- to help feed the big demand.

He's Atlanta Braves left fielder Ronald Acuña and he's also the reigning Baseball America Minor League Baseball Player of the year -- a guy who has plenty of hot cardboard already.

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Major League Baseball is a global game -- and Topps knows it with two versions of Shohei Ohtani's first Topps Now baseball card.

The card is one one 15 available today and it's got one in English and one with kanji to commemorate his MLB debut Thursday in Oakland. He recorded a hit in his first big-league at-bat and that's the play captured on both cards.

The cards will only initially be available via Topps for 24 hours and will be printed to order after that ordering window closes. He previously set a new sales record for the real-time card platform and this one could spark another.

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You don't have to dwell on his 2010 Bowman cards now, baseball fans.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson -- a former Colorado Rockies prospect -- is now a member of the New York Yankees at spring training and he's got the baseball cards to prove it.

Oh and they can be had autographed, too.

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The time is now.

The 2018 Topps Now Road to Opening Day team sets have arrived on Topps.com and that means we'll see checklists fill out in real time as the highlights arrive during spring training.

The first set to show a card so far? The Los Angeles Angels and the first spring card for Shohei Ohtani -- and there is an autographed team set option once again this season, too.

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